Man charged with kidnapping, attacking ex-girlfriend

Jennifer DelgadoTribune reporter

A Chicago man was ordered held in lieu of $200,000 after he allegedly robbed, assaulted and kidnapped his former girlfriend on her way to work.

The woman was walking past the train station near 49th Street and Western Avenue on Feb. 6 when Hector Hernandez, 22, grabbed her jacket, pulled her to a sidewalk and asked if he could see their child, according to prosecutors.

Soon after, the 22-year-old woman pulled out her cell phone and tried calling 911, but Hernandez grabbed the device from her hand, prosecutors said. The two previously dated and lived together until July 2012, prosecutors said.

Then, Hernandez, of the 2100 block of West 54th Street, grabbed the hood of her clothing and pulled her into a nearby alley, according to court records. He continued to pull on her clothes and her ponytail and dragged her to another alley several blocks away, prosecutors added.

The woman escaped, ran to a nearby business and asked someone to call police because Hernandez still had her cell phone, according to prosecutors.

Hernandez, who prosecutors said is a self-admitted Latin King gang member, was arrested Feb. 13 at his home. He was charged with robbery, kidnapping and domestic battery, all felonies.